2.1
CWE
399
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2006-5619

First published: Tue Oct 31 2006(Updated: )

The seqfile handling (ip6fl_get_n function in ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 up to 2.6.18-stable allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang or oops) via unspecified manipulations that trigger an infinite loop while searching for flowlabels.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.4-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.17-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux kernel=2.6.17.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.39
Linux kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.17.9
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.4-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux kernel=2.6.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux kernel=2.6.10-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.43
Linux kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux kernel=2.6.7-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.13
Linux kernel=2.6.17.2
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.34
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.17.8
Linux kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux kernel=2.6.14
Linux kernel=2.6.17.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.18
Linux kernel=2.6.17.14
Linux kernel=2.6.10
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.45
Linux kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.37
Linux kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.48
Linux kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux kernel=2.6.3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc7
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux kernel=2.6.17.3
Linux kernel=2.6.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux kernel=2.6.7-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.2
Linux kernel=2.6.6-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.17.5
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.2-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.4-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.32
Linux kernel=2.6.13.5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.57
Linux kernel=2.6.16.49
Linux kernel=2.6.17
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux kernel=2.6.16.25
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.16.21
Linux kernel=2.6.16.33
Linux kernel=2.6.8
Linux kernel=2.6.16.28
Linux kernel=2.6.17.10
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.23
Linux kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux kernel=2.6.7-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux kernel=2.6.17-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.36
Linux kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux kernel=2.6.10-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.46
Linux kernel=2.6.17.1
Linux kernel=2.6.2-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.0
Linux kernel=2.6.5-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.54
Linux kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux kernel=2.6.17-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.17-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.31
Linux kernel=2.6.16.26
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.62
Linux kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.6-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16
Linux kernel=2.6.16.51
Linux kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.22
Linux kernel=2.6.16.58
Linux kernel=2.6.16.40
Linux kernel=2.6.10-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.47
Linux kernel=2.6.16.42
Linux kernel=2.6.17.11
Linux kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.41
Linux kernel=2.6.16.52
Linux kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux kernel=2.6.16.24
Linux kernel=2.6.16.55
Linux kernel=2.6.9-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.7
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.30
Linux kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.59
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.38
Linux kernel=2.6.16.17
Linux kernel=2.6.1-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux kernel=2.6.6-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux kernel=2.6.16.53
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc7
Linux kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux kernel=2.6.17.7
Linux kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux kernel=2.6.5-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux kernel=2.6.15
Linux kernel=2.6.16.44
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.16.35
Linux kernel=2.6.16.50
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.14.2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.61
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.18
Linux kernel=2.6.15-rc7
Linux kernel=2.6.17.6
Linux kernel=2.6.5-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.14-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux kernel=2.6.17.13
Linux kernel=2.6.2-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.16.60
Linux kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux kernel=2.6.16.56
Linux kernel=2.6.12-rc6
Linux kernel=2.6.13-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.17-rc4
Linux kernel=2.6.11-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc2
Linux kernel=2.6.3-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.8-rc3
Linux kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux kernel=2.6.16.19
Linux kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux kernel=2.6.16.20
Linux kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux kernel=2.6.18-rc1
Linux kernel=2.6.9
Linux kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux kernel=2.6.17-rc5
Linux kernel=2.6.6
Linux kernel=2.6.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.0
Linux Kernel=2.6.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.1-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.1-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.1-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.2-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.2-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.2-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.3-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.4-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.4-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.4-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.5-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.5-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.5-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.6-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.6-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.6-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.7-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.7-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.7-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.8-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.8.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.9-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.10-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.10-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.10-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.11-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.11.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.12-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.12.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.13-rc7
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.13.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.14-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.14.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.15
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.15-rc7
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.15.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.16
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.15
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.16
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.17
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.18
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.19
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.20
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.21
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.22
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.23
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.24
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.25
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.26
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.27
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.28
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.29
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.30
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.31
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.32
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.33
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.34
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.35
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.36
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.37
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.38
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.39
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.40
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.41
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.42
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.43
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.44
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.45
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.46
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.47
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.48
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.49
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.50
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.51
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.52
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.53
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.54
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.55
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.56
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.57
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.58
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.59
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.60
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.61
Linux Kernel=2.6.16.62
Linux Kernel=2.6.17
Linux Kernel=2.6.17-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.17-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.17-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.17-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.17-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.17-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.1
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.2
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.3
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.4
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.5
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.6
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.7
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.8
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.9
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.10
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.11
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.12
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.13
Linux Kernel=2.6.17.14
Linux Kernel=2.6.18
Linux Kernel=2.6.18-rc1
Linux Kernel=2.6.18-rc2
Linux Kernel=2.6.18-rc3
Linux Kernel=2.6.18-rc4
Linux Kernel=2.6.18-rc5
Linux Kernel=2.6.18-rc6
Linux Kernel=2.6.18-rc7
=2.6.0
=2.6.1
=2.6.1-rc1
=2.6.1-rc2
=2.6.1-rc3
=2.6.2
=2.6.2-rc1
=2.6.2-rc2
=2.6.2-rc3
=2.6.3
=2.6.3-rc1
=2.6.3-rc2
=2.6.3-rc3
=2.6.3-rc4
=2.6.4
=2.6.4-rc1
=2.6.4-rc2
=2.6.4-rc3
=2.6.5
=2.6.5-rc1
=2.6.5-rc2
=2.6.5-rc3
=2.6.6
=2.6.6-rc1
=2.6.6-rc2
=2.6.6-rc3
=2.6.7
=2.6.7-rc1
=2.6.7-rc2
=2.6.7-rc3
=2.6.8
=2.6.8-rc1
=2.6.8-rc2
=2.6.8-rc3
=2.6.8-rc4
=2.6.8.1
=2.6.9
=2.6.9-rc1
=2.6.9-rc2
=2.6.9-rc3
=2.6.9-rc4
=2.6.10
=2.6.10-rc1
=2.6.10-rc2
=2.6.10-rc3
=2.6.11
=2.6.11-rc1
=2.6.11-rc2
=2.6.11-rc3
=2.6.11-rc4
=2.6.11-rc5
=2.6.11.1
=2.6.11.2
=2.6.11.3
=2.6.11.4
=2.6.11.5
=2.6.11.6
=2.6.11.7
=2.6.11.8
=2.6.11.9
=2.6.11.10
=2.6.11.11
=2.6.11.12
=2.6.12
=2.6.12-rc1
=2.6.12-rc2
=2.6.12-rc3
=2.6.12-rc4
=2.6.12-rc5
=2.6.12-rc6
=2.6.12.1
=2.6.12.2
=2.6.12.3
=2.6.12.4
=2.6.12.5
=2.6.12.6
=2.6.13
=2.6.13-rc1
=2.6.13-rc2
=2.6.13-rc3
=2.6.13-rc4
=2.6.13-rc5
=2.6.13-rc6
=2.6.13-rc7
=2.6.13.1
=2.6.13.2
=2.6.13.3
=2.6.13.4
=2.6.13.5
=2.6.14
=2.6.14-rc1
=2.6.14-rc2
=2.6.14-rc3
=2.6.14-rc4
=2.6.14-rc5
=2.6.14.1
=2.6.14.2
=2.6.14.3
=2.6.14.4
=2.6.14.5
=2.6.14.6
=2.6.14.7
=2.6.15
=2.6.15-rc1
=2.6.15-rc2
=2.6.15-rc3
=2.6.15-rc4
=2.6.15-rc5
=2.6.15-rc6
=2.6.15-rc7
=2.6.15.1
=2.6.15.2
=2.6.15.3
=2.6.15.4
=2.6.15.5
=2.6.15.6
=2.6.15.7
=2.6.16
=2.6.16.1
=2.6.16.2
=2.6.16.3
=2.6.16.4
=2.6.16.5
=2.6.16.6
=2.6.16.7
=2.6.16.8
=2.6.16.9
=2.6.16.10
=2.6.16.11
=2.6.16.12
=2.6.16.13
=2.6.16.14
=2.6.16.15
=2.6.16.16
=2.6.16.17
=2.6.16.18
=2.6.16.19
=2.6.16.20
=2.6.16.21
=2.6.16.22
=2.6.16.23
=2.6.16.24
=2.6.16.25
=2.6.16.26
=2.6.16.27
=2.6.16.28
=2.6.16.29
=2.6.16.30
=2.6.16.31
=2.6.16.32
=2.6.16.33
=2.6.16.34
=2.6.16.35
=2.6.16.36
=2.6.16.37
=2.6.16.38
=2.6.16.39
=2.6.16.40
=2.6.16.41
=2.6.16.42
=2.6.16.43
=2.6.16.44
=2.6.16.45
=2.6.16.46
=2.6.16.47
=2.6.16.48
=2.6.16.49
=2.6.16.50
=2.6.16.51
=2.6.16.52
=2.6.16.53
=2.6.16.54
=2.6.16.55
=2.6.16.56
=2.6.16.57
=2.6.16.58
=2.6.16.59
=2.6.16.60
=2.6.16.61
=2.6.16.62
=2.6.17
=2.6.17-rc1
=2.6.17-rc2
=2.6.17-rc3
=2.6.17-rc4
=2.6.17-rc5
=2.6.17-rc6
=2.6.17.1
=2.6.17.2
=2.6.17.3
=2.6.17.4
=2.6.17.5
=2.6.17.6
=2.6.17.7
=2.6.17.8
=2.6.17.9
=2.6.17.10
=2.6.17.11
=2.6.17.12
=2.6.17.13
=2.6.17.14
=2.6.18
=2.6.18-rc1
=2.6.18-rc2
=2.6.18-rc3
=2.6.18-rc4
=2.6.18-rc5
=2.6.18-rc6
=2.6.18-rc7

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2006-5619?

    CVE-2006-5619 has a medium severity rating due to its potential to cause denial of service by triggering an infinite loop.

  • How do I fix CVE-2006-5619?

    To fix CVE-2006-5619, upgrade the Linux kernel to a version newer than 2.6.18.

  • What types of systems are affected by CVE-2006-5619?

    CVE-2006-5619 affects various versions of the Linux kernel, specifically 2.6.0 to 2.6.18.

  • What is the main issue caused by CVE-2006-5619?

    The main issue caused by CVE-2006-5619 is the potential for local users to execute unspecified manipulations leading to system instability.

  • Is there a workaround for CVE-2006-5619?

    The only recommended workaround for CVE-2006-5619 is to apply the latest patches or upgrade the kernel to a safe version.

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